Carat Oval Pink Pandora Charms Gold 14K Diamond Fetches
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Fancy colored diamonds sparkled again at auction, particularly pink ones. This time it was Christie's New York Important Jewels sale held Tuesday that attracted buyers for statement diamonds of color. The top lot was a 5.50 carat oval cut fancy vivid pink diamond Pandora Black Pave Star Charm with VVS1 clarity that sold for more than $9.5 million (more than $1.7 million per carat), besting the high estimate of $7.5 million.
Two other lots earned over $1 million: A 20.08 carat, Dcolor VVS1 potentially internally flawless rectangular cut diamond ring by Taffin that sold for $3 million ($153,240 per carat), within its estimate, and a 5.91 carat rectangular cut fancy light pink VS1 diamond that sold for more than $1.8 million ($310,490 per carat), about three times its high estimate of $675,000.
The auction itself achieved more than $27.5 million with 83 percent sold by lot and 85 percent sold by value. Seven of the 10 buyers were from the jewelry trade.
Other highlights of the sales included the following:
A long chain necklace by Leviev (pictured above) with 108 collet set diamonds, weighing approximately 1.16 to 1.00 carats with the reverse of each Pandora Charms Gold 14K enhanced with pav diamonds. It's joined by a circular cut diamond and cabochon emerald openwork clasp, mounted in platinum. It sold for $965,000.
A pair of pear shaped D color internally flawless diamond ear pendants of 5.46 and 5.00 carats that sold for $905,000.
A Van Cleef Arpels diamond and sapphire "zip" necklace (pictured above) fetched $389,000, above its $350,000 high estimate. The circular cut piece is designed to look like a zipper, with a caliber cut sapphire sliding ribbon, mounted in 18k white gold.